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Hornsey 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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At the end of 1938 . 8,058 children had been injected and
there were 817 completed cases, i.e., each receiving the requisite
three injections.
The following table shows the figures for 1939: —
| Total injections. | Completed Cases. | |
|---|---|---|
| Town Hall Centre | 1,455 | 422 |
| Wightman Road Centre | 1,204 | 360 |
| Highgate Centre | 239 | 97 |
| Coldfall Sub-Centre | 831 | 129 |
| 3,729 | 1,008 |
Three injections, each of 1 c.c. Burroughs Wellcome T.A.F.,
are given at intervals of one month.
VACCINATION.
The Public Vaccinators inform me that they performed
vaccination of persons in the Borough during 1939 as follows:—
Dr. E. Buckler 121
Drs. A. Dickie and Mackay 234
PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS.
(PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1925, SECTION 66.)
Seven cases of ophthalmia neonatorum were notified. Three
were treated in hospital and four were nursed at home.
All the hospital cases were in-patients of North Middlesex
County Hospital.
There was no case of blindness resulting from this infection.
| Cases | Vision unimpaired. | Vision impaired. | Total blindness. | Deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified. | Treated. | |||||
| At home. | In hospital or nursing home. | |||||
| 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |